Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Tasmania
TOP PRIORITY FOR IMMEDIATE BROADCAST
Heatwave Warning
Issued at 02:43 PM EDT on Saturday 08 March 2025
Valid for Saturday 08 March 2025 to Tuesday 11 March 2025
Warning for the following areas:
Furneaux Islands, North East, East Coast, Central Plateau, Western and North West Coast
Safety Advice::
Severe heatwaves can be dangerous for many people, especially older people, babies, children, pregnant and breastfeeding women, people with medical conditions and people who are unwell.
Seek a place to keep cool, such as your home, a library, community centre or shopping centre.
Close your windows and draw blinds, curtains or awnings early in the day to keep the heat out of your home.
If available, use fans or air-conditioners to keep cool.
Maximum temperatures in the mid twenties, increasing to the high twenties to low thirties over the coming days, with overnight minimum temperatures generally in the mid teens.
Severe heatwave conditions are developing over the west, north and east of the state this weekend, and are expected to persist until the mid-latter part of the week. Locations likely to be impacted include Smithton.
The next heatwave warning will be issued by 3:00pm EDT on Sunday 09 March 2025
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Derwent Bridge (42.1372°S, 146.2291°E, 720m AMSL) set as my default location ›
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TODAY9° 26° mostly sunny Chance of rain: 5% Likely amount: < 1mm First
lightLast light Sunrise Sunset 6:36am EDT 7:04am EDT 7:47pm EDT 8:15pm EDT NOW21.5° Feels Like: 20.3° Relative Humidity: 50% Dew: 10.6° Wind: NW 7km/h Gust: 9km/h Rainfall since 9am: 0.0mm Pressure: -
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Derwent BridgeNow17.7°cFeels Like:15.3°Wind:N 15km/hGusts:17km/hHumidity:67%9°Min26°MaxToday in Derwent BridgePartly cloudy. Winds N/NE 20 to 30 km/h becoming light in the early afternoon then becoming NW/NE 15 to 20 km/h in the evening. Daytime maximum temperatures 23 to 28.Tomorrow11°Min25°MaxPartly cloudy. The chance of fog in the N in the early morning. Medium chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm. Winds NW/NE 20 to 30 km/h tending W/SW 15 to 25 km/h in the morning then turning S/SE in the evening. Overnight temperatures falling to between 9 and 12 with daytime temperatures reaching 24 to 29. -
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Today: Partly cloudy. Winds N/NE 20 to 30 km/h becoming light in the early afternoon then becoming NW/NE 15 to 20 km/h in the evening. Daytime maximum temperatures 23 to 28.
Forecast for Derwent Bridge (42.1372°S, 146.2291°E, 720m AMSL) Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Summary Minimum 9° 11° 9° 11° 10° 8° 7° Maximum 26° 25° 24° 21° 19° 19° 19° Chance of rain 5% 10% 50% 80% 30% 90% 90% Likely amount < 1mm < 1mm 1-5mm 5-10mm < 1mm 1-5mm 5-10mm UV index Very High High High High Very High Very High Very High Fire Danger Rating Moderate Moderate Moderate Moderate - - - Frost risk Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil 9am 3pm 9am 3pm 9am 3pm 9am 3pm 9am 3pm 9am 3pm 9am 3pm Wind speed 11
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(km/h)Wind direction NNE W NW WSW E E NNE N W WSW NNW WNW NW NW Relative humidity 76% 33% 69% 50% 85% 58% 87% 74% 90% 68% 65% 63% 77% 62% Dew point 11°C 9°C 12°C 14°C 10°C 16°C 14°C 16°C 11°C 13°C 8°C 12°C 8°C 12°C -
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Derwent Bridge Rain Forecast
Derwent Bridge 12-month Rainfall ForecastMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFeb20252026566655635674105012 - 34 - 78 - 910Well below normalBelow normalNear normalAbove normalWell above normalIssue Notes - Issued Feb 25
ENSO status: La Niña-like conditions. IOD status: Neutral. SAM status: Positive. Trending neutral. The El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is in a La Niña-like pattern. The US declaring a La Niña event has started, but this event has not met the BoM definition. A La Niña typically increases rainfall over northern and eastern Australia, while reducing rainfall over southern coastal Australia and western Tas. The Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) is in a neutral phase and does not play a part in Australia's climate during this time of year. The Southern Annular Mode (SAM) is in a short positive phase. Recent forecasts no particular evidence towards a positive or negative phase in autumn, although the long-wave pattern indicates that cold fronts are a bit more likely for Australia's longitudes over the next few months. During summer and early autumn, a positive SAM increases rainfall over most of eastern Australia, and decreases rainfall for SA, Vic and western Tas. Rainfall outlooks are showing aboveaverage rainfall over large parts of northern Australia in March and early April (forecast late monsoon activity). Above average rainfall is expected for the NSW coast through autumn, with wetter conditions also developing over western WA from late autumn. SA, Vic and Tas are expected to be average to slightly below average, with average conditions elsewhere.
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Derwent Bridge minimum temp history (42.1372°S, 146.2291°E, 720m AMSL) MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE Hottest this month 29.3° 05/01/2025 Coldest this month -0.7° 29/01/2025 Hottest on record 30.2 16/03/2008 Coldest on record -4.1 05/03/2011 Hottest this year 29.3° 05/01/2025 Coldest this year -0.7° 29/01/2025 Long term average 16.8° Long term average 4.4° Average this month 21.3° Average this month 6.2° Hottest March On Record Avg. max. temp. 20.2° 2017 Coldest March on record Avg. min. temp. 2.3° 1991 Derwent Bridge rainfall history (42.1372°S, 146.2291°E, 720m AMSL) RAINFALL Wettest This Month 10.6mm 13/01/2025 Total This Month 0.0mm
0.0 daysLong Term Average 111.4mm 16.4 days Wettest March on record 230.7mm 1996 Driest on record 30.4mm 1994 -
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Average Rainfall To Mar 288.8mm 42.8 day(s) Total For 2025 43.6mm 14.0 day(s) Total To This Day 2024 178.2mm 24.0 day(s) Wettest Day 10.6mm Jan13 Lowest Temperature -0.7°C Jan29 Highest Temperature 29.3°C Jan 5 -
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Long-Term Averages Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann Mean Max (°C) 19.6 19.3 16.8 13.1 10.1 7.8 7.2 8.1 10.3 12.8 15.8 17.5 13.1 Mean Min (°C) 6.3 6.0 4.4 3.0 1.7 0.3 -0.1 0.1 1.0 2.0 3.8 5.1 2.7 Mean Rain (mm) 94.1 83.3 111.4 135.9 178.5 167.9 219.0 249.6 221.8 181.5 122.7 132.5 1897.1 Mean Rain Days 13.8 12.6 16.4 18.7 21.6 22.3 24.1 24.9 23.2 21.5 16.5 17.1 231.9